The baby likes to sleep on his head. What effect will it have on him?

The baby likes to sleep with his head tilted. What effect will it have on him? Before telling the story, Xiaobian must first talk about the harm of head deviation:

1. Influence on beauty

In addition to affecting the beauty of head shape, head deviation may also lead to asymmetry of face shape, even affect the symmetrical development of eyes and ears, and affect the beauty of the whole head and face.

2. It affects the development of skull.

During the development of human brain, the brain grows against the skull, and if the skull grows flat, the brain capacity will be forced to squeeze into other positions, which will also push the skull at this position, affecting the overall development of the skull.

3. Affect the five senses.

The face and skull problems caused by baby's head tilt will further cause the eyes and ears to be gradually out of line (as shown in the following figure), which will further affect the development of vision and hearing, and also affect the development of teeth. So how did the slant head come into being? One case < P > is that the head of the fetus is big or twins, and the head is squeezed in the uterus, so it is easy to have a head tilt at birth. The second case < P > is the head deviation secondary to torticollis, and the causes of torticollis are as follows: < P > When the fetal position is incorrect or the fetus is large and the head is compressed, the muscles on both sides of the neck develop asymmetrically.

In the process of delivery, it is difficult for midwives to ensure that both hands exert the same force when helping the fetus to be delivered, which may lead to slight injury of sternocleidomastoid muscle on one side and torticollis after birth. The third situation < P > The baby lying on one side for a long time, or the mother feeding on the same side for a long time, etc., may also lead to the baby's head tilting. If the baby has a head problem, how can parents help him correct it?

1. If it is caused by torticollis, you need to massage the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the tighter side under the guidance of a doctor.

The way to judge whether the baby has torticollis is to put him on a relatively hard bed when he is awake, and let him lie flat in the most comfortable and relaxed posture. If there is an obvious angle between his head and the central axis of his body, there may be torticollis.

Next, parents can fix the baby's head with their forefinger and thumb, and gently press the baby's shoulder with the palm of their hand. The two muscles (sternocleidomastoid muscle) at the position behind the vertical line of the baby's earlobe are symmetrically touched. If there is a small lump or a hard one side, there may be torticollis.

If parents don't know how to judge, they can take their baby to the hospital or ask a doctor for a professional examination when they have a routine physical examination.

If it does exist, medical staff will also teach parents how to correct torticollis. Usually, it will return to normal after a certain period of effective massage, supplemented by certain methods to correct hemicrania.

2. If the baby is young, or the head tilt is slight, parents should pay attention to adjusting the orientation of the baby's head when sleeping or breastfeeding, or place interesting toys on the protruding side of the baby's head to attract his head, which can appropriately alleviate the problem of head tilt.

The baby's skull is still soft within p>3.6 months. In fact, a more effective way is to use a professional baby pillow that can correct the head shape to correct the hemicrania.

Here, parents and friends should also pay attention to the fact that a normal baby needs a pillow only after he learns to sit alone and the front curve of his neck has been formed. However, here we are aiming at the baby who has been tilted, so parents should not blindly use it for the baby who has not had such problems.

If you want to correct the protruding position of the baby's head when using the corrective pillow, you can embed the protruding position of the head into the concave area of the pillow when the baby sleeps, so that the bulging position of the head can be resisted, and the continued growth of this position can be restricted to a certain extent.

If you want to correct the flat side of the child's head, you can also put this side on the concave position of the pillow. In this way, the flat position of the head actually does not touch any plane and is not subject to external force, which naturally leaves room for the brain to grow and ensures the head shape to develop to a normal state.

4. If the baby is over 6 months old, you can use a professional corrective helmet to correct the hemicrania.

After the baby is 6 months old, the skull gradually hardens, so the corrective helmet can be used. This helmet needs to be customized after scanning the exact head shape of the baby with a partial head. This custom-made corrective helmet will resist the protruding part of the head; Leave room for growth for a flat place. Wear it all the time except taking a shower and washing your face. After a long time, the baby's head will gradually develop into a circle and eventually become a more symmetrical head shape.

The length of helmet correction is not uniform, and the doctor needs to make a decision according to the baby's age, the degree of head deviation and the speed of correction.

Finally, parents and friends should be reminded to use corrective helmets under the guidance of doctors. Because the corrective helmet can only be used for babies with physiological head tilt, pathological head abnormalities are not applicable. Remember to use it blindly and delay the baby's illness.

Generally speaking, prevention is more important than treatment in dealing with the baby's head tilt, and pay more attention to adjusting the baby's sleeping posture at ordinary times, and don't lean to one side for a long time; It is very important to check and correct torticollis in time under the guidance of a doctor. Once the baby is found to have a head problem, the sooner it is corrected, the shorter it takes, the faster it will take effect and the better the effect will be.